Mine detail: Section 13 Mine

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Location: McKinley County, New Mexico, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.43811, -107.84895
dep_id: 10012512
mrds_id: D008170
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Stratiform
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Underground
conc_proc: Permeability, Reducing Environment, And Carbonaceous Material Effective In Extracting Uranium From Dilute Mineralized Solutions.
ore_ctrl: Channel Sandstone And Carbonaceous Material (Humate).
Reporter: Menzie, David
hrock_unit: Morrison
hrock_type: Sandstone
yr_lst_prd: 1979
References:
  • Deposit:: SANTOS, E.S., AND THADEN, R.E., 1966 USGS MAP GQ-515
  • Deposit:: HILPERT, L.S., 1969 USGS PP 603, P. 39
  • Deposit:: CHAPMAN, WOOD, AND GRISWOLD, INC., 1979 NMBMMR GEOLOGIC MAP 31
  • Deposit:: SIEMERS, W.T., AND AUSTIN, G.S., 1979 NMBMMR RESOURCE MAP 9
  • Deposit:: URANIUM RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY, 1981 N.M. ENERGY AND MINERALS DEPT., P. 61
  • Deposit:: NEW MEXICO STATE INSPECTOR OF MINES, 1981 NEW REGISTRATIONS
  • Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA
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